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Louisiana printable driving practice
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1. Your light turns green, but a vehicle is still clearing the intersection. What should you do?
- Wait for the crossing vehicle to clear.
- Move forward to make it hurry.
- Drive around its rear inside the intersection.
- Sound your horn and claim priority.
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2. You are waiting to turn left on a steady green light. An oncoming car is going straight. Who must yield?
- The oncoming driver must stop for your turn signal.
- The driver with the smaller vehicle yields.
- You must yield before crossing its path.
- Neither driver needs to slow down.
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3. A green arrow appears for your turn while a pedestrian remains in your path. What is the correct response?
- Follow the arrow immediately.
- Yield to the pedestrian before turning.
- Turn between the pedestrian and the curb.
- Expect the pedestrian to run back.
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4. A signal changes to steady yellow while you can still stop safely before the stop line. What should you do?
- Accelerate to beat the red light.
- Stop in the crosswalk instead.
- Continue because yellow grants priority.
- Slow down and stop before the line.
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5. At a flashing yellow traffic light, the intersection is clear. How should you proceed?
- Treat it as a green arrow.
- Slow down, check for conflicts and continue cautiously.
- Wait for the light to turn green.
- Stop only after entering the intersection.
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6. What do yellow centerlines generally separate?
- Traffic moving in the same direction.
- Traffic moving in opposite directions.
- Parking stalls from loading zones.
- Bicycle lanes from sidewalks in every case.
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7. A broken yellow centerline is on your side of a two-lane road. May you cross it to pass?
- Yes, even if an approaching car must brake.
- Yes, even when a hill blocks your view.
- No, broken yellow lines prohibit every crossing.
- Only when the maneuver is otherwise legal and safe.
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8. Can you cross double solid yellow centerlines to overtake a slow car?
- Yes, if you sound your horn.
- Yes, if the car is below the speed limit.
- No; they prohibit passing across the centerline.
- Yes, if your car is smaller.
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9. You want to change lanes across a dashed white line. What does the line allow?
- A lane change when you have checked and can move safely.
- A lane change without signaling.
- Automatic priority over traffic already in the next lane.
- A lane change only after stopping in your lane.
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10. What does a single solid white lane line tell you about changing lanes across it?
- It marks opposing traffic.
- It makes a lane change mandatory.
- The movement is hazardous and requires great care.
- It means the adjoining lane is a parking lane.
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11. In good conditions, you reach a roadside post one second after the car ahead. What does the guide's three-second rule tell you?
- You have more space than recommended.
- Accelerate to maintain the one-second interval.
- Drop back to increase the following interval.
- Use the horn to make the other car speed up.
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12. Rain reduces traction and visibility. What should happen to your following space?
- Increase it beyond the normal dry-road interval.
- Keep exactly the same interval at every speed.
- Reduce it to stay in the other car's spray.
- Use brighter dashboard lighting instead.
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13. Brakes are only one part of stopping. What else must your stopping space allow for?
- Only the length of the car.
- Only the distance behind your rear bumper.
- The speed limit, but not your actual speed.
- The distance traveled while recognizing and reacting to the hazard.
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14. Heavy rain makes the posted maximum speed unsafe. What should you do?
- Maintain the posted maximum because it is always safe.
- Reduce speed to one appropriate for the conditions.
- Keep speed unchanged and turn on the interior light.
- Follow a truck closely to let it clear the rain.
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15. After passing a truck, why should you avoid cutting closely in front of it?
- The truck cannot use its brakes below highway speed.
- Trucks always stop sooner than cars.
- The open space is reserved for motorcycles.
- The truck needs that space to stop safely.
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16. A student has a Louisiana TIP but has not yet received a learner's permit. What driving does that TIP authorize?
- Ordinary practice with any licensed friend.
- Solo driving to and from school.
- Driving anywhere if a parent gives written permission.
- Instruction or a skills test while accompanied by a driver education instructor.
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17. What is the youngest age at which OMV says a Class E TIP may be issued?
- 13.
- 14.
- 15.
- 16.
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18. What minimum age does OMV give for issuance of a learner's permit?
- 15.
- 14.
- 16.
- 18.
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19. A 15-year-old learner-permit holder wants to practice with a sibling. Which sibling satisfies OMV's stated supervisor category?
- A licensed sibling aged 16.
- An unlicensed sibling aged 21.
- A licensed sibling at least 18 years old.
- Any sibling if the trip is short.
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20. A driver received a learner's permit at 15 and has now held it for 180 days but is still 15. Is the age-and-holding-period condition for an intermediate license met?
- No; the driver must also reach 16.
- Yes; 180 days alone is enough.
- Yes; any birthday after the permit was issued is enough.
- No; every applicant must wait until 18.
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Louisiana · 20-question sample · Mark one correct answer for each question.
1. A — Wait for the crossing vehicle to clear.
A green light permits movement only when the path is clear. It does not cancel the duty to yield to road users already in the intersection.
2. C — You must yield before crossing its path.
An ordinary green light is not a protected left-turn arrow. Oncoming vehicles and crossing pedestrians still have priority over your left turn.
3. B — Yield to the pedestrian before turning.
The arrow authorizes a direction, not a collision. Check that the intersection is clear of other road users before following it.
4. D — Slow down and stop before the line.
Yellow warns that red is next. Stop when you can do so safely before the stopping position; do not accelerate to race the change.
5. B — Slow down, check for conflicts and continue cautiously.
A flashing yellow signal warns of a hazard. It calls for caution and a careful traffic check rather than an automatic stop on every approach.
6. B — Traffic moving in opposite directions.
Yellow centerlines divide opposing traffic. White lane lines normally separate vehicles traveling in the same direction.
7. D — Only when the maneuver is otherwise legal and safe.
A broken line permits passing where other restrictions and conditions allow. It does not remove the need for adequate sight distance and a safe gap.
8. C — No; they prohibit passing across the centerline.
Do not confuse a permitted turn across centerlines with permission to pass. Double solid yellow centerlines prohibit the overtaking maneuver described.
9. A — A lane change when you have checked and can move safely.
Dashed white lines allow safe lane changes. Check mirrors and the blind spot, signal, and leave adequate space.
10. C — The movement is hazardous and requires great care.
The guide distinguishes a single solid white line from double solid white lines. A single solid white line warns that crossing it is hazardous.
11. C — Drop back to increase the following interval.
Count from when the car ahead passes a fixed object until you pass it. Less than three seconds indicates too little space under this basic guide rule.
12. A — Increase it beyond the normal dry-road interval.
Poor conditions increase the time and distance needed to respond. Leave more room and reduce speed rather than treating a dry-road interval as sufficient.
13. D — The distance traveled while recognizing and reacting to the hazard.
The vehicle keeps moving before the brakes take effect. Perception and reaction distances are added to braking distance.
14. B — Reduce speed to one appropriate for the conditions.
A posted maximum assumes favorable conditions. Louisiana's general speed rule also requires a reasonable speed for the road, traffic, light and weather.
15. D — The truck needs that space to stop safely.
Large trucks generally require more stopping room. Taking away their space cushion can create a rear-end collision if you then slow or stop.
16. D — Instruction or a skills test while accompanied by a driver education instructor.
A TIP has a limited training and testing purpose. It is not the same credential as a learner's permit for supervised practice.
Source: Louisiana OMV; Class E TIP: permitted driving; official page read September 22, 2026.
17. B — 14.
OMV lists age 14 as the TIP minimum. Receiving a TIP does not itself authorize ordinary learner-permit or solo driving.
Source: Louisiana OMV; Class E TIP: minimum age; official page read September 22, 2026.
18. A — 15.
A TIP may be available earlier, but OMV sets the learner's-permit minimum at 15 and also requires the applicable testing and TIP steps.
Source: Louisiana OMV; Learner's Permit: minimum age; official page read September 22, 2026.
19. C — A licensed sibling at least 18 years old.
OMV permits supervision by a licensed parent or guardian, a licensed adult at least 21, or a licensed sibling at least 18. The sibling exception does not apply to every teenage friend.
Source: Louisiana OMV; Graduated Licensing Program: supervision; official page read September 22, 2026.
20. A — No; the driver must also reach 16.
For someone starting at 15, OMV requires at least 180 days with the learner's permit AND reaching age 16. Other licensing requirements must also be met.
Source: Louisiana OMV; Graduated Licensing Program: Age 15; official page read September 22, 2026.
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